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insignificant
English
Etymology
From in- (“not”) +? significant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ns???n?f?k?nt/
- Hyphenation: in?sig?nif?i?cant
Adjective
insignificant (comparative more insignificant, superlative most insignificant)
- Not significant; not important, inconsequential, or having no noticeable effect.
- Such things are insignificant details compared to the main goal.
- Without meaning; not signifying anything.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:insignificant
Antonyms
- significant
Derived terms
- insignificance
- insignificantly
Translations
Catalan
Adjective
insignificant (masculine and feminine plural insignificants)
- insignificant (not important)
- Antonym: significant
Related terms
- insignificança
Further reading
- “insignificant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “insignificant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “insignificant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “insignificant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Occitan
Adjective
insignificant m (feminine singular insignificanta, masculine plural insignificants, feminine plural insignificantas)
- insignificant (not important)
- Antonym: significant
Related terms
- insignificança
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jerkwater
English
Etymology
US mid-19th century. From jerk (“to move with a sudden movement”) +? water. Refers to the need to supply the boilers of steam trains with water. In rural areas and small towns with no water tower, where the train did not stop, this was done by scooping ("jerking") water from a track pan.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?d??k.w?.t?/
Noun
jerkwater (plural jerkwaters)
- (US, historical) A train on a branch line.
- 1975, Indiana Historical Society, Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. 71, no. 1 (Mar. 1975), page 355
- […] by bailing from near streams with buckets, (the brake-man called this operation jerking water) and from this the road gets its name of jerkwater road.
- 1975, Indiana Historical Society, Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. 71, no. 1 (Mar. 1975), page 355
- A jerkwater town.
Translations
Adjective
jerkwater (comparative more jerkwater, superlative most jerkwater)
- (US, colloquial, derogatory) Of an inhabited place, small, insignificant, and backward.
Synonyms
- See: Thesaurus:remote place
Derived terms
- jerkwater town
Translations
Related terms
- jerk water
- jerk-water
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